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cǎo cǎo shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
cǎo variant of
cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:,,,
cào variant of
cǎo cǎo carelessly / hastily
  cǎo variant of
  cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:,,,
  cào variant of
   shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
   shōu bīng to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
    bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:
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